Friday, May 15, 2015

Hephzibah on Prayer (Part 1)


Yesterday, I put up a post about a comment on a prayer post that there were too many "prayer against" versus "prayer for" points. Let's start our Bible Study.

 

BV001 Genesis 32:9,11

Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, Lord, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’... Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.

 

Hephzibah's Commentary

Jacob had deceived his brother, Esau, and taken his birthright. Esau obviously had SOLD the birthright but the unfortunate thing is that Esau was the stronger one of the brothers.

 

Jacob was the custodian of the Abrahamic covenant still he had to cry to God to save him and his family from the hand of Esau his brother. If God did not intervene, Esau would have killed Jacob and his descendants.

 

In my opinion, this is one reason why blood-washed believers still need to pray against the activities of the wicked. Many annointed people have had their glorious future terminated because of the activities of the wicked.

 

Paul, in 2 Thessalonians 3:2, asked for prayers against wicked and unreasonable men for not all men have faith. I agree that some of the 'deliverance' prayers can be ridiculous. However, it doesn't cancel the need for praying against the activities of wicked and unreasonable men and women.

 

I'll put up separate posts for each Bible Verse (BV). Enjoy your day.

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